Different Slants

Comment by Don Larson

April 15, 2007 @ 6:07 pm

I practice the inalienable right of self-defense as a matter of existence. In this violent world, I try as best I can to be prepared to defend myself against threats. I may take preemptive action against threats as an act of self-defense; that’s up to me to decide.

Whether it’s Nazis, revolutionaries, terrorists, whatever, I’m as ready as I can be to respond to eliminate the threats.

Don

Comment by Bob

April 15, 2007 @ 6:34 pm

Don,
I want our population to demand more from our leaders: More intelligence, more honesty, more awareness of the world as it was, is now, and should be, more working in concert with other nations with our same value system…even if that is still an aspiration. i want leaders with a sense of responsibility to those they have been selected to govern, and that they remember, that whether president of the USA or mayor of a small town, they’re all piublic servents elected to lead and protect their citizens.

To plan for the future as intelligently as possible and to absolutely consider men that are in it for the money or the power only, to be singled out and forced to justify their votes and/or their behavior. Let the second-class men with their second-class minds find some other way to make a living. We should be a better informed citizenry and demand a higher caliber of man or woman to lead us.

If just 10% more people voted, that’s a whole lot more millions of people involved in the democratic process who have to be answered to if the man that wins lied to get the job. I want us to aim higher and not be beguiled by a charming yahoo who thinks mispronouncing words makes him “a man of the people.” I want us to find a guy or gal that doesn’t answer to the few and then use their agenda to govern the many.

We should find decent, honest, intelligent, experienced and compassionate people to write our laws, judge our people and figure out how to educate our young. We have the worst of men running our country now, and thousands are dead or maimed for life because of a ignorant voters who want to be entertained and charmed instead of listening to the reasoning and intentions of those that want to lead us.

Maybe we should offer more money and insist on better quality. You get what you deserve if you don’t vote, and the rest of us pay for that uninvolvement, and pay and pay….with blood, with treasure, and with humiliation before the other nations of the world who can’t believe the kind of scum we pay to lead us. Demand more, damn it, or our kids will pay for it.

Bob Katzman 4/15/2007

Comment by Don Larson

April 15, 2007 @ 9:36 pm

Bob,

I agree that our leaders should be the best this country can offer. I doubt we will ever see that in our lifetime.

I took your initial posting as a call to action when we, as individuals perceive injustice. It is difficult to always recognize injustice correctly.

You see the War in Iraq as injustice. I see it as a poor way to fight a war. I have no problem with America fighting wars, just the foolish way we fight them.

Maybe we will have leaders one day that avoid situations that are none of our business, but when threatened win wars quickly by fighting effectively, not like we’ve been fighting wars since we were born.

Until those new conditions exist, there will be continued injustice.

Don

Comment by David

April 27, 2007 @ 8:15 am

Do you seek the praise on unordinary men?